A department is a part of a larger organization with a specific responsibility. For the division of organizations into departments, see departmentalization.

In particular:

• A government department in the United States and Switzerland corresponds to a ministry in other systems:
  • Department (US government)
  • Department (Swiss government)
• Department (subnational entity)
• Part of an institution such as a commercial company (see departmentalization) or a non-profit organization such as a university.
  • Academic department
• A department store is a retail store that includes many specialized departments such as clothing or household items.
• In the US military:
  • "Department" is a term used by the U.S. Army, mostly prior to World War I.
  • A naval Department is a section devoted to one of several major tasks.
• Part of a state or municipal government:
  • Fire department
  • Police department
• Département ("department") is the name given to an administrative district of France and several other French-speaking countries.

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got the Menand, thx everybody. still looking for the earlier piece that argued for abolishing academic departments . . .
mkirschenbaum (Matthew Kirschenbaum) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:02:39 -0000
got the Menand, thx everybody. still looking for the earlier piece that argued for abolishing academic departments . . .
also, the guy (I think based at Columbia) who argued for scrapping academic departments a while back . . .
mkirschenbaum (Matthew Kirschenbaum) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:57:40 -0000
also, the guy (I think based at Columbia) who argued for scrapping academic departments a while back . . .
@givenscj I can believe it. I think the state of a lot of CS departments is horrid (at both real-world prep and academic/research prep).
jolson88 (Jason Olson) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:27:54 -0000
@givenscj I can believe it. I think the state of a lot of CS departments is horrid (at both real-world prep and academic/research prep).
Meet the Majors event - undecided on your major? Come talk to academic departments - Wed Nov 11- 9am to12pm- Fiesta Room- Loftin Student Ctr
SAC_CareerServ (Javier Barron) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:35:33 -0000
Meet the Majors event - undecided on your major? Come talk to academic departments - Wed Nov 11- 9am to12pm- Fiesta Room- Loftin Student Ctr
http://tinyurl.com/yfy7llm List of academic computer science departments - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
onion_papa (onion_papa) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:45:07 -0000
http://tinyurl.com/yfy7llm List of academic computer science departments - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Whitman Faculty voted to authorize individual academic departments to teach a 3-2 course work load. If they... http://bit.ly/1WoAT
whitmanpio (Whitman Pioneer) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:13:40 -0000
The Whitman Faculty voted to authorize individual academic departments to teach a 3-2 course work load. If they... http://bit.ly/1WoAT

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